Improvement in saw-set



J. j. REICHARD.

Saw Set.

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Letters Patent No. 83,792, dated November 3, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN saw-s31.

The Schedule referred to in these Lefiera Patent and making part of thesame.

Be it known that I, J OHN J. REIOHARD, of Canton, in the county ofFulton, and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Machinefor Setting Circular, Gate,or other Large lVIilLS-aws; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe construction and operation of the same, reference being had to theannexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in which Figure lis a longitudinal view;

Figure 2 is a vertical view; and

Figure 3 is a perspective view.

The nature of my invention consists in setting any circular, gate, ormill-saw, while in its frame, or on its shaft, or any large cross-cutsaw, (such as is used in cutting logs in the woods,) by using, in thehand, a heavy cast-iron set, weighing from twelve to fifteenpounds, thatit may be strong, and its inertia overcome the stroke of the hammer,which set is furnished withscrews, to adjust the bevel of the teeth,and, to secure the set to the saw-plate, apunch, of steel, to strike thetooth when properly placed and secured, thusexpeditiously and uniformlysetting each tooth, without removing the saw.

To enable others skilled in the manufacture of such articles to make anduse my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction andoperation.

The jaws a and b are of cast-iron, connected by a segment-joint, b, theinner segment being attachedto l), and the outer ones to a. The screws 0c and cl, of iron, give the required set of tooth on the bevel of thesteel plate It.

When the machine is firmly secured to the sawby adjustment of iron screw6, by striking the steel punch f, the tooth is set as desired.- Thenunscrew e, and place the set on the next tooth, tighten e, strike thepunch f; thus each tooth is to be set, in no case chang ing 0 c and (Iafter the bevel is determined. The punch fi's kept free from the teethby means of the steel spring g.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

A saw-set, composed of jaws a b, anvil h, punch f, spring g, andset-screws c d, constructed and arranged as described, and for thepurposes set forth.

J OHN J. REIOHARD. Witnesses:

W. H. HASKELL, J. H. RAIREY.

